Oral history interview with Millie Hanson, 2002

Biographical Note

Obstetrician/Gynecologist

Scope and Contents

Childhood: Turtle lake and Clayton, Northern Wisconsin; education: River Falls State College, River Falls, Wisconsin; medical school, University of Minnesota; farm life in rural Wisconsin; early experience of abortion-related deaths within family; the state of abortion legislation in the Midwest pre-Roe v. Wade; discussion of abortion complications; internship at Minneapolis General Hospital; medical school's treatment of the abortion issue; discussion of physical dangers to abortion doctors; hospital administration and legal risks in regards to abortions; traumatic experience with female student via telephone; establishment of personal practice; explanation of bureaucratic gymnastics involved for legal abortions; fears regarding the future of pro-choice legislation

Subjects

• Abortion--Law and legislation--United States.
• Abortion--Personal narratives.
• Abortion--United States--History--20th century.
• Abortion--United States.
• Abortion services--United States.
• Fly on the Wall Productions, interviewer.
• Gynecologists--Interviews.
• Hanson, Millie--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Obstetricians--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Physicians--United States--Attitudes.
• Reproductive rights--United States.

Access Conditions

Copyright by Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health (PRCH), 2000